The statue was designed by Billy Fitzgerald.[106]. Through 2022, UCLA has played in 37 bowl games, compiling a 16201 (.446) record.[119]. In all but football and men's swimming & diving, list does not include any national championships won before the NCAA began sanctioning a particular sport. [46] However, four straight losses to Stanford, Washington State, Oregon, and USC, the Bruins faded out of postseason contention. The UCLA Bruins men's football team have an NCAA Division I FBS Tournament record of 16-20-1 through thirty-six appearances. Has UCLA Ever Won a National Championship? Since then, they were second 7 times in the Women's College World Series (WCWS), last one in 2005. In addition to the success of its collegiate sports program, UCLA has been represented at the Olympics. The then No. There goes the neighborhood: How UCLA stadium bid was scuttled. Has UCLA football ever won a national championship? The lead lasted less than six hours. On December 6, 2015, the men's team once again defeated USC, 107, to win back-to-back NCAA championships and finish with a perfect season at 300 on the UCLA campus. [11] No. In 1927, UCLA left the SCIAC and joined the Pacific Coast Conference, the forerunner of the Pac-12 Conference. Joe and Josephine Bruin in Pauley Pavilion. [42], The UCLA Bruins men's soccer team have an NCAA Division I Tournament record of 7441 through forty-five appearances.[43]. [11] It was the first football victory in the UCLAUSC rivalry. Women's National Championships: 2018, 2019 UCLA's success in college sports is undeniable. [11] After starting the season with a couple of wins over Stanford and BYU, and achieving a No. 12 ranked recruiting class in 2012 after having a class ranked in the high 40s at Neuheisel's departure. Cal cricket, UC Berkeley's club cricket team, won the Division II National Collegiate Cricket Association National Championship on March 25, defeating the University of Houston by nine wickets . [55], Andy Banachowski led UCLA to six national championships (3 NCAA-1984, 1990, 1991; 2 AIAW-1974, 1975; and 1 DGWS-1972). We proudly hold 120 NCAA team championships, an accomplishment that speaks to our commitment to excellence. The men's and women's boxing teams have competed as part of the National Collegiate Boxing Association since 2016, after switching from the United States Intercollegiate Boxing Association. However, Miami won 4945, ending UCLA's chances of playing in the national championship game. Until 1982, the two schools also shared the same stadium: the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. [69] The 2011 season brought about continued mediocre performance, although the team's record improved to 66 in regular season play. In the 1980s and 1990s, during the tenure of Terry Donahue, the Bruins compiled a 151748 record, including 13 bowl games and an NCAA record eight straight bowl wins. Former play-by-play announcers include John Rebenstorf (1991),[169] Paul Olden (19891990),[170] Joel Meyers (19841988),[171] Kent Derdivanis (19831985),[171] Fred Hessler (19611982),[172] and Roy Storey. The Bruins first won the title in 1954 under head coach Red . 116. football. The women's team, which won national championships in 1981 (AIAW), 2008 and 2014, is coached by Stella Sampras the sister of Pete Sampras, who donated a scholarship at UCLA. On December 7, 2014, the men's team defeated 3rd-seed USC 98 to win its ninth NCAA national championship at UC San Diego's Canyonview Aquatic Center at La Jolla, California. [11] Second-place USC, who the Bruins beat 340, played in the 1955 Rose Bowl instead and lost to Big Ten Conference champion and eventual co-national champion Ohio State, 207. [6] Cline was replaced after two seasons and a 2103 record. Michigan won its last NCAA national title in 2021 -- women's gymnastics. The Bruins finished third in the Pac-10 standings. [21] Then, a full-time head coach was hired. [31] The season ground to a halt at Syracuse and with the season-ending injury of quarterback Billy Bolden, and UCLA would win only one more game, over Stanford 2017. ", "Football Announces Future Schedule Adjustments", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=UCLA_Bruins_football&oldid=1149987580, ESPN College Football Encyclopedia (Pages 908915), This page was last edited on 15 April 2023, at 17:22. NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, Athletic Association of Western Universities, Learn how and when to remove this template message, UCLA Bruins men's basketball retired numbers, "Style Guide // UCLA Athletics for Print and Digital Applications", "UCLA Athletics to Team Up with Jordan Brand, Nike", "Ventura County Sports Hall of Fame. 17 and No. [79] The team beat rival USC for the third straight year[80] and won the Alamo Bowl against Kansas State. The first football team fielded by UCLA took the field in 1919. An on-campus facility was discussed, but faced significant political opposition, including from the governor at the time, Edmund Gerald "Pat" Brown Sr.[105] The Bruins had second priority in schedule at the Coliseum after the Trojans, but before the Los Angeles Rams. 1928 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS. [78] Behind the leadership of quarterback Brett Hundley, the Bruins came within one game of reaching the Pac-12 championship game and beat crosstown rivals USC for the second straight year. Between 2006 and 2008, UCLA has been to three consecutive Final Fours, while UCLA's players have received numerous awards, most notably Arron Afflalo, a 2007 First-Team All American and the Pac-10 Player of the Year, and Kevin Love, a 2008 First-Team All American and the Pac-10 Player of the Year. In conjunction with the opening of the J.D. [13] LaBrucherie accepted the position of head football coach at California Institute of Technology after the 1948 season, departing UCLA. From 1959-60 to 1984-85, at least one USC team won a national championship (including 5 crowns in both 1962-63 and 1976-77) in each of those 26 years. On January 14, 2022, UCLA and Kelly agreed to terms on a four-year contract extension. Other amenities include a barbershop, players' lounge, and recruiting lounge and terrace. 2 USC in one of the "Games of the Century". [90] UCLA won 3 national championships,[90] and amassed a 362462 record from 1966 to 1982,[91][92] but the program lost its varsity status in 1982. [4] The team was coached by Fred Cozens, and compiled a 26 record. [38] Vermeil became the second out of three UCLA head coaches (and third in a row to leave UCLA for another job) to leave for the NFL when he accepted on offer to become head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles. [60] The Bruins would go on to lose to Arizona and Arizona State by a combined score of 5847, but surprisingly shut out an Oregon Ducks team that a week earlier lost starting quarterback and Heisman Trophy Candidate Dennis Dixon to a knee injury. 10 Stanford in Palo Alto. [36] In 1972, the Bruins began the season with a 2017 victory over two-time defending national champion Nebraska, and finished the season ranked No. UCLA is second to only Stanford University as the school with the most NCAA team championships at 120 NCAA team championships. [13] In his second year as head coach, the Bruins were Pacific Coast Conference champions, but lost to Illinois in the 1947 Rose Bowl. in 1949, he won the national league batting championship and was voted the world series mvp. [56] The win kept the Trojans out of the title game and broke a seven-game UCLA losing streak to the Trojans, thereby preserving the Bruins' eight-game win streak over USC from 1991 to 1998 as the longest run in the history of the rivalry. [citation needed]Future contests of this rivalry is unknown, due to UCLA leaving the Pac-12. [23] He did have two seven-win seasons in 1960 and 1961, leading the Bruins to the 1962 Rose Bowl. Number of players have won the individual titles, including Keri Phebus (1995 Singles), Heather Ludloff and Lynn Lewis (1982 Doubles), Allison Cooper and Stella Sampras (1988 Doubles), Mamie Ceniza and Iwalani McCalla (1992 Doubles), Keri Phebus and Susie Starrett (1995 Doubles), Daniela Bercek and Lauren Fisher (2004 Doubles), and Tracy Lin and Riza Zalameda (2008 Doubles). [34] Before those injuries set in, UCLA took a 30 record into Austin to play defending national champ and top ranked Texas. The most notable player who played for Horrell at UCLA was Jackie Robinson, who went on to a Hall of Fame career in professional baseball. [a] On November 19, 2017, UCLA announced the firing of Mora following 2328 loss to USC at the Coliseum. Los Angeles Times, October 10, 1958. For 2011, the Bruins were first in stroke play before losing in the match play of the national championship tournament; and freshman golfer Patrick Cantlay was named GCAA Division I Jack Nicklaus National Player of the Year Award, the fourth player from UCLA. The UCLA Bruins men's golf team has won two NCAA Championships, in 1988 and 2008. The new venue is located 13 miles from UCLA's campus, which is half as far as the 26 . Some notable former UCLA gymnasts include current stuntwoman Heidi Moneymaker, Brian Ginsberg who was a two-time US junior national gymnastics champion, and U.S. Olympic Team members Jordan Chiles, Madison Kocian, Kyla Ross, Samantha Peszek, Jamie Dantzscher, Mohini Bhardwaj, Kate Richardson, Tasha Schwikert, Kristen Maloney, Yvonne Tousek, Stella Umeh, Luisa Portocarrero, Tim Daggett, Mitch Gaylord, and Peter Vidmar. The Lexus Gauntlet was the name given to a now defunct competition between UCLA and USC in the 18 varsity sports that both competed in head-to-head; in 2003, 2005, and 2007 UCLA won the Lexus Gauntlet Trophy, while the University of Southern California won the trophy in 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, and 2009. Upon UCLA's founding as the Southern Branch of the University of California in 1919, the football team was known as the "Cubs" because of its younger relationship to the California Bears in Berkeley. [11] He would bring his No. UCLA History Project This Month in History Aug. 18, 1982 A gridiron home, "Goodby Rams--Hello Stadium? The "True Blue" is a slightly darker shade than the previous powder blue worn by teams. The Solid Gold Sound performs on the field at the Rose Bowl. The victory also clinched a winning season for UCLA. 5 UCLA with a 31 conference record (91) overall. Former Bruin Natasha Watley went on to help the United States women's national softball team win a gold medal in the 2004 Olympics and a silver medal in 2008. Miami Ohio Redhawks 13 of 25 This program will forever. A brutal 590 defeat on the road at the hands of No. [81] Paul Perkins led the Pac-12 in rushing with 1,575 yards. [53] On October 1, 2005, head coach Tyrone Willingham and his Washington Huskies came to the Rose Bowl for a Pacific-10 Conference game to play UCLA. Two NCAA Men's Gymnastics championships (1984 and 1987) were won by the men's team before the program was discontinued. UCLA became the first school to have a top winner in both basketball and football in the same year with Gary Beban winning the Heisman Trophy and Lew Alcindor (now Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) winning the U.S. Basketball Writers Association player of the year award in 1968. Outstanding goalkeeper and MPSF Player of the Year Garrett Danner won the prestigious Cutino Award, the second Bruin to do so. When the Oakland Raiders became the Los Angeles Raiders, in 1982, and after arduous negotiations with the city of Pasadena, UCLA decided to move out of the Coliseum, relocating its home games to the Rose Bowl Stadium. Maiya Tanaka, a member of the UCLA Women's Golf team from 2007 to 2009, competed with her sister Misa on The Amazing Race 20. [34] Trailing 133 at the half, UCLA rallied and had a 1713 lead in the final minute. [52], In 2014, Marcos Giron became the school's 11th NCAA Men's Tennis Singles Champion, joining Jack Tidball (1933), Herbert Flam (1950), Larry Nagler (1960), Allen Fox (1961), Arthur Ashe (1965), Charles Pasarell (1966), Jeff Borowiak (1970), Jimmy Connors (1971), Billy Martin (1975), and Benjamin Kohllffel (2006). 1 in the final AP Poll). In 1995, UCLA and the then Los Angeles Raiders almost became partners with the National Football League in a new stadium at Hollywood Park but the deal to build a stadium there was scuttled when Raiders owner Al Davis refused to accept a second NFL team at the proposed facility. . Alabama and Georgia had 10 players drafted each, joining the exclusive 27-team club of teams with at least 10 draft picks in a single NFL draft during the seven-round era. Morgan was not going to renew his contract. Kelly was hired on November 25, 2017. Upon its 23rd year of existence, The Hall of Fame was moved to a new location facing Westwood Plaza. Los Angeles Times, December 22, 1964, John Hall BRUINS DO IT AGAIN! [176], Troy Aikman, Kenny Washington, Paul Cameron, and Jackie Robinson, four of the athletes who have their numbers retired by UCLA, As a UCLA football player, Robinson wore No. [83] The Bruins finished 85,[84] including a loss to Nebraska in the Foster Farms Bowl. [71] He was allowed to coach his final game at the December 2, Pac-12 Conference football Championship game, where the team lost 4931 to the Oregon Ducks.